ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Tampere
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Muller
⚙️ Grinder
Niklas-Salminen
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 4,745 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Patrik Niklas-Salminen here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Muller | Niklas-Salminen |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–7 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.76 | 6.31 |
| ROI % | -28.8% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.46u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Muller
0
Niklas-Salminen
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Muller | Niklas-Salminen |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.4% | 68.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 65.1% | 77.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 41.3% | 51.5% |
| Aces / Match | 2.2 | 6.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Break Points Saved % | 59% | 100% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 26.2% | 45.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48% | 45.7% |
| BP Converted % | 34.3% | 62.2% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 20.3 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 29.6 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 60.9% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 45.7% | 59.2% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 38% | 50% |
Last five matches per player
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Edas Butvilas
Gonet Geneva Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 16
Rei Sakamoto
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 32
May 13
Botic van de Zandschulp
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · Round of 128
May 6
Yibing Wu
Open Aix Provence Crédit Agricole · Round of 32
Apr 28
Giorgio Tabacco
Internazionali Di Tennis - Citta'Di Vicenza · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 25
Pietro Bertasi
Internazionali Di Tennis - Citta'Di Vicenza · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Eero Vasa
Manama 2 · Round of 32
Nov 25
Daniil Golubev
Manama 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Nov 24
Nicolas Kicker
Tampere · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 20
Matchup overview
Alexandre Muller and Patrik Niklas-Salminen face off in the Round of 32 at Tampere on Clay.
Alexandre Muller leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Alexandre Muller is 0-5 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (May 26).
Patrik Niklas-Salminen is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Giorgio Tabacco (May 25).
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